The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive A Study in Areal, General and Historical Linguistics |
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Author:
| Joseph, Brian D. |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-10533-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $64.95 |
Book Description:
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This study offers a comprehensive and illuminating account of one of the characteristics shared to some degree by the languages of the Balkan peninsula - Greek, Albanian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Romanian - namely the loss of the infinitive and its replacement by finite verb forms.
This study offers a comprehensive and illuminating account of one of the characteristics shared to some degree by the languages of the Balkan peninsula - Greek, Albanian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Romanian - namely the loss of the infinitive and its replacement by finite verb forms.